This was sad and most of all completely surprising news. I was shocked to hear the news.
As usual, the news had this big of an impact because Faithless has had a big influence to my musical taste. No Roots was released just when I was starting to expand my knowledge of electronic music and I can easily consider it as one of the first albums from electronic music I bought. And Greatest Hits compilation Forever Faithless followed shortly after. Naturally, there has been a lot of tracks which has I have listened to ever since.
Faithless has always been at the fine line being accessible and serious enough at the same time and flourished there. Insomnia is a great example of this. While it is not just pure "pop", that main synth makes it instantly recognizable for many generations of listeners.
My pick from the discography is from the more commercial side, but I just love this one.
Rest in peace Maxi